Flojo 200m WR

[kev1236543]

dead cheat....

[dudeyfeb88coach]

@kev1236543 dead beat =you

[kev1236543]

@dudeyfeb88coach dead meat=her

[rayj146]

steriod use started in the 70's by the 80's if you wasn't doping up you had no chance to compete on the international level!

[blackstersherron]

Just because fl jo never failed dont mean she was not using, ask yourself this do you think marion jones the time she got caught was her first time using? She has been using, so that lets you know you can use and not get caught, flo jo was one of them.

[antoireland09]

juiced up

[kissmymuffins98]

commentator took a while to realise

[NikonSanz]

LMAO@ those saying flo jo didnt cheat cos she never failed a fucking test. Hahahah Some people will just believe any old shit wont they.

Marion jones.

160 tests taken

160 passed.

[VideoFreakEvw13]

Flo Jo did not cheat! She worked hard to get those records. She never failed a drug test! And the women who are using drugs never got close to her records! Marion Jones is a great example of a drug cheat! Flo Jo will always be amazing! No one can beat Flo Jo cause no one trained like Flo Jo!!!

[sciencestudent342]

@VideoFreakEvw13 all u have to do is stop taking the steroids one week before testing. also, hgh was not testable at this time, i would think she was on a very primitive version of what marion jones was on, prescribed by victor conte, a cocktail of steroids (mainly androgenic), with hgh and insulin, because she was a good long sprinter to start witth and was a sub 22 runner , i think the EPO could have been left out because her rbc production would have been good (&the roids raise this toO!)

[MrDjc1970]

of course she cheated. nobody comes from nowhere to smash world records like this. watch BOLT.....atleast he set and equalled records at junior levels. this women is a cheat and a joke and yea...take your head outta the sand yanks. oh!! what was the time again in the 2011 womens 100m final world championships....errr i think 10.97. so with every1 banging on about better neutrition and diets and training then why cant any1 get close to flo's records still.....DRUGGY - end of.

[xismxist]

even better than her 100m record! let steroids free, and no one still wont defeat this record

[shevegen]

@xismxist bullshit

if everyone cheats, all the records won't mean shit

[operadad]

come on now folks...keep it real..i loved watching flojo run but i knew she was performance enhanced. so was her sister-in-law jackie. you don't need a test to prove the obvious..many athletes came forward to confess that her husband and coach advised them and provided them with steroids. lance armstrong cheated too..and oj was guilty..so was casey anthony..american people can really stick their head in the sand a long way..too much denial is bad for your integrity

[MrDjc1970]

@operadad well said.....

[trae465]

so hold on she was on drugs right.???..i know she has talent and stuff but come on this recored is as old as ma granny.

[sopitabo]

There are some weird motherfuckers on here,"burn in hell"?They are are all taking PEDS,but do you really believe she was beating everyone else by that margin,because of drugs?She was fuckin talented,she ran like the fuckin wind,you know,the way they said tall dudes like Bolt couldn't run that fast,they take it to another level.Fucks sake,hysterical clowns,drugs are in every sport,everyone takes them,end of story.

[shevegen]

@sopitabo idiot

[markguest36]

the biggest cheat of all time! jackson should b awarded the gold!

[MrDjc1970]

i sold her a few tabs on the cheap man

[boazkhan]

fucking cheat. i hope she burns in hell.



[VideoSupercar]

@boazkhan What a disgusting attitude you have.

[boazkhan]

don't see anything wrong with my attitude. stop defending a cheat!

[VideoSupercar]

@boazkhan Well then you're very delusional my friend. And I'm not defending her, she took multiple tests all coming back negative, and finally, there was NO evidence proving she was using PED's.

[markguest36]

biggest drug cheat ever! the improvment 2 much! 

[MrJosephcraig]

Listen folks! When you want it bad enough you train harder than your rival without drugs. Next you'll say Bruce Lee or Michael Jordan was on steroids as well to reach greatness. Sweat, mental desire to be the greatest is the foundation to success.

[csuabo]

Drug cheat. Just look at her. She had all the tell-tale signs.

[Bajinjo]

21''33 without loosing her make-up :-)

[emi1chin]

Death by steroids.

[volyn]

I like how people see video of Jarmila Kratochvilova - definitely steroids. How they see all athletes from communists contries like steroid people.

And I like more how people are defending obvious american athletes, which are obviously doped. Flo jo was best, but why she improved her PB from year to year, why she died in her 38, why all her records were created by coincidence in the era of doped eastern europe athletes.

Damn, so many questions and so many answers. But no evidence.

[CHEETAH69]

@volyn It's kinda hard to NOT strongly suspect Kratochvilova. The woman was so doped up she looked like a mid-sized, well-muscled dude as she barreled around the track. FloJo, however, though did improve by a lot in one year, her body didn't make that huge of an aesthetic transformation.

Her death at 38 was ruled to not at all be connected to any illict drug use. But I do find it funny that she had records that NO ONE before or after could touch. If she was taking something, WHAT WAS IT?

[MissLizBaby]

haters haters haters..lol she the best

[sean6666666]

her improvement at her age as a sprinter is suspicous. if you put it in context to what she did had to be down to something more than diet .

for years she ran a meter or 3 behind evelyn ashford , americas top spinter and then all of a sudden in 1988 , she is not just keeping up with ashford and narrowly beating her , but beating an in form in tip top shape ashford , the world record holder by 7 meters over just 100.

dwain chambers to beat bolt next year by 5 meters is about what she did.

[cornmorphs]

@sean6666666

lol, and chambers aint never gonna touch bolt

[CHEETAH69]

@sean6666666 FloJo was 28. Merlene Ottey, Gail Devers, Carmelita Jeter all hit their peaks AFTER that age. So perhaps we shouldn't look at that number as a sign of drug use. And the Chambers/Bolt comparison is off. FloJo beat a record that was touchable by current sprinters at the time. If Chambers comes out of no where and blows Bolt's times (which are flojo-esque in their outrageousness) outta the water and runs 9.20 then THAT would be otherwordly.

[pushiushi]

yeah u wont believe she cheated but u believe all the other stories which some are lies people im begging u dont be fooled she used drugs if u noticed since the testing of athletes no one has gone close to her record how can you beat a DRUG RECORD if u dont take drugs

[pushiushi]

yeah u wont believe she cheated but u believe all the other stories which some are lies

[adaluzgonzalez]

Man she is my Idol i run the 200 meter dash !! One day i hope to be like her !!

[timtimtimtim83]

Drugs. Drugs. Drugs.

[wazo89]

people are very niave here including jon.

[lionclaw77]

I doubt Flo Jo did drugs, its all in her form. I'm hoping Felix will beat her record because shes good at maintaing her form and doesn't panic. All she needs to do is master that curve and her long strides should clinch it for her.

[BIGEZEwet]

...and she did drugs.

[altonelty]

People will say and do anything to bring someone down. People say Usain Bolt must use drugs.... Shame. The man is TALL. His legs are LONG. All he does is move about as fast a normal man can move them. Since he can cover 1 meter MORE PER STRIDE than the rest of the men, of course he'll run .20 faster. If a guy 6'7" with longer legs comes along, He could blow Bolt out of the water. - The lady had GREAT FORM! Don't hate because YOU CANT DO IT! I (a pretty good sprinter) think it's all legit.

[altonelty]

She was so much better that the other women because she had a LOT OF KICK! When she reached full speed she maintined it by snapping her hips, kinda like Tyson Gay. She just had better running form than the rest. She wasn't FASTER, she just MINIMIZED HER DECELERATION! It called great training techniques. The runner who holds their form (Usain Bolt) will more than likely LEAVE everybody else. AND SHE TRAINED FOR THE 400! That PLUS great technique = LEGEND! She never tested positive - EVER!

[soccerbadmint]

@altonelty i agree...but she was faster tho.

[hardlife1]

i would say this most of the usa sprinters over a period of time have been caught or had some sort of ban for drug use. was she clean i don't no maybe but i do find it hard to belive that a woman back then had that kind of speed.

[mickman7768]

drugs cheat

[milretdisvet]

I'm a huge track fan and loved Florence, but, there have been many track athletes that have confirmed her drug use including her training partner who sold her thousands of dollars of HGH.

[KingLiopleurodon]

Another monumental outrage. Admittedly, not quite of the same proportions as the US OT 100 in Indy, because at least the wind reading was more reliable and realistic this time, but nevertheless, still scandalous and ridiculous. If Grace Jackson wasn't on the beans, which is much more believable than FloJo's innocence, she'd have held the WR after this race.

[prettidawta]

This is what you call a perfect steroid performance the only difference between her and the rest is that she didnt get caught . Most US athletes are taking steroids so she was just following the trend.

[dudeyfeb88coach]

@prettidawta bet your limey !! How come modern day athletes with enhanced training methods and enhancing drugs dont pull this off or better ?Be a Cammoron and bliar and quote me stats lol . Oh talking about the womens events , I know mens events have new records . The testing is stricter now . Oh in her autopsy nothing showed up even though it was a decade later and some tests can reveal drug use in the body . Plus she was getting ready for a comeback in 96 but injury .

[dudeyfeb88coach]

@prettidawta You dork !! The training methods and diet have since improved inconjunction with drugs and modern day athletes have still not beaten her record .You would expect they would with drugs and better training and diet . In her autopsy no trace evidence of performance enhancing drugs was found as it can be and they were less sophisticated compared to today .

[mrsoldiesluver21]

I wasn't aware that performance drugs were like smart drugs. You mean you can actually take a drug that only makes your legs run faster!? Wow! Can anybody explain to me why she is the only one to discover it? And why it's not been used since? HATERS! She did what she did, get over it!

[JonesinInmyBones]

she did NOT cheat. So we accept Usain's record but not hers. Usain has been running for a while but no one paid him any mind until he broke the record. People please she was just an amazing athelete. Hardwork, dedication, and faith can get you far withOUT drugs.

[poo72]

Marion Jones was much slower than Flojo and she was doped...

[lolboyfromga]

i love flo-jo O-_-O

[milretdisvet]

Sorry to burst everyones bubble, but she was just an average sprinter in the early 80's, then after her HGH use she set records that still stand today, and by the way she died from those drugs.....very sad

[flintus]

@milretdisvet she didin't die because of those drugs, there was nothing to suggest she died from drugs! cunt

[milretdisvet]

@flintus You're obviously immature. She had alot of talent, but she definitely used performance enhancers, just like the East German women did. Sorry to burst your bubble, the truth will come out eventually.

[ena1rume]

@milretdisvet still waiting for the "truth".

[trackstarlexi]

She is just pure talent. period.

[KBAYIZZ]

Yeah that's what I've been trying to say all along! FloJo died and came back as Usain Bolt!

[jondavwal]

FloJo had started improving dramatically the previous year. She and her husband explained it by saying that she tried to elongate her stride (she was one of the tallest) yet maintain the rate of turnover. This is very much what Usain Bolt has done. I don't believe she cheated. Nobody's ever come forward claiming they sold it to her, injected her, etc. unlike Marion Jones. She was just that good that year.

[jondavwal]

Also, if she was cheating, there have been so many who have cheated since then and nobody has come close. Talent played a big part in what she did.

[MsSoftballplayer9]

@jondavwal but even if she did cheat since then nobody who has ever used steroids have died from it she must of been takeing to much.

[jondavwal]

@MsSoftballplayer9 She died. You're making a huge assumption that she died from steroids. She had been retired for years by that point. The adverse effects of steroids are reversible. People who don't take steroids die the ways she died. I would hate to have any of you people on a jury. You'd convict everyone without any evidence. As I said, EVERYONE who's ever used has had someone come forward and give them up even if then don't get banned for lack of other evidence.

[Dizkord]

@jondavwal Obviously right. Smh @ Negative hatin speculative people :-l

[antoireland09]

@jondavwal same was said about marion jones until she got caught.

[jondavwal]

@antoireland09 Marion Jones had at least a dozen people accusing her of stuff that she denied. Nobody credible has ever said anything about FloJo. At this point, especially after her death, people would have come forward with accusations that were at least reasonable. But in her case all we have is speculation. The truth is, her outrageous times are almost proof it was something else, just like Bolt. Others have gotten caught and done well. Nobody has done this well or even close.

[sciencestudent342]

@jondavwal dont be sily

[dudeyfeb88coach]

@jondavwal yes with better training and use of drugs and no one nearly 3 decades later have beaten it . They were suspicious , more likely the failed brit athletes , by her age at the time and her physique change . Linford christie won gold in 92 at an age the brits of course were saying too old . I must be using performance enhancing drugs by that reckoning as I a can out run active teens and the weights I lift have gone up . But I know I dont use anything but health supplements . Oh in 30s

[dudeyfeb88coach]

@jondavwal They were at the time too . Her age and physical change created such speculation . Ben johnson tested positive .

[aquamarineeyes]

LMAO! No she wasn't that tall compared to the East German sprinters Heike Drechsler or Katrin Krabbe! They were 6ft plus compared to Flo Jo's 5ft6"! She cheated and she paid the ultimate price with her life!

[calvintoronto]

@jondavwal

Then in the outdoor season she lowers her 100 meter PR by half a second. Well actually .3 of a second (huge in the 100) then gets the wind-aided flyer in the WR race to give her the last .2 seconds.

FloJo was alot more muscular during her record year then earlier in her career. She then retires from track after her record breaking year. How many athletes retire after their best year?

[shadow1985ism]

@calvintoronto yeh its funny, she had no one near her at either distance, pretty weird

[calvintoronto]

@jondavwal

She was a career 11.0 100 meter sprinter. Always pretty good but never the best. She ran for several years as a pro sprinter with her best times always around 11.0 to 11.1.

Then all of a sudden one year indoor she starts winning and during an interview at one indoor meet she is asked about her new success and she says she has been adding more strength training and working with Ben Johnson's strength coach (this was prior to Ben getting busted).

[wereallfakingit1]

@jondavwal actually, i think you'll find someone did reveal they gave her drugs. I think it may have been her husband but she certainly did take drugs.

[phaethon1988]

People like Bolt and Flojo run TALL(and the latter wasn't even all that tall) They have full extension or their stride. Other athletes use minimal knee lift and think that they can make up for it by increasing stride frequency......WRONG! lol. energy into frequency diminishes their race very early

[JBLACK12]

That time is just ridiculous. Nobody is ever going to come close to that; ever. The woman sprinters of today are lucky enough to break 22 seconds, but 21.33. It ain't happening.

[phaethon1988]

I remember Bobby Kersee saying that he believed Allyson Felix could eventually break the record

[JBLACK12]

Yeah, if she juices up. You obviously know Track and Field. Look at pictures of Flo Jo prior to 1988. Silke Gladisch blew her away in the 200 meters of the WC in 87.

In 1 year, the roles were completely reversed. Gladisch didn't get slower, it's just that Flo got about a second faster. That's just not possible unless you're taking something.

Steroids by themselves don't make you run faster, but they certainly allow you to train endlessly and more intensely, which in turn make you run faster.

[phaethon1988]

You see the thing about sprinting is that mass improvements in time CAN be made without necessarily taking any drugs. Wasted and inefficient movement contributes to slower times. By eliminating wasted movement. An 11.0 sprinter can be transformed into a 10.7 or even a 10.6 sprinter, like Flojo. If you look at alot of the male sprinters in particular, it's no wonder why they can only manage 10.0 or 10.1, because their sprint form is inefficient.

[JBLACK12]

Okay, that may be true, but why is it that when improvements like that are made, the person gets caught cheating? Tim Montgomery comes to mind. He was putting up decent times, and boom, he runs a 9.78.

Those extraterrestrial times that those East Germans ran in the early 80's will never be broken. Koch's 400 meter time is untouchable. If a woman gets within two seconds of that time these days, it's considered fast.

I see your point, but Flo Jo's physical transformation that year says it all.

[ranhill]

I agree. Moona Lee has terrible form. Her speeds would jump considerably if she could improve on that.

FloJos form did not change all that much. You can look at earlier races and see that. Her problem was by the last ten meters she was spent. But in '88 she ran through the tape like she was in the FIRST 50 meters of the race. Same thing in the 200 meters. Something dopey go"n on there.

[sun074]

phaethon1988

Interesting and seems logical.

Do you mean, that somehow taller people have better potential to be faster than shorter? I usually hear that shorter/average tall people are better sprinters. BTW Marion Jones did not make those long steps like Flojo. Maybe she had thus even better potential even without dope if she worked on her technique. Sorry not an expert, just curious about what you wrote here.

[rmrooster01]

your opinion is really pathetic. Did she test positive? NO! Look at the clip on youtube of her finishing 3rd in 1985.... She had big strong legs back then too. People say her death is a result of excessive steroids, but she died from suffocating in her pillow(while sleeping) from having a epilleptic seizure, yes she had epillepsy. If you dont believe this, look it up!

[JBLACK12]

Pathetic. How many East Germans tested positive for steroids. Not very many and they were all on it. The physical changes in Joyner were in her overall physique, not just her legs. If you can't see a difference in her appearance from the World Championships of 1987 to the Olympics of 1988, well I don't know what to tell you.

Her 200 time is so out there that she must have had some assistance. I agree that her death wasn't from steroids, but here incredible performances were.

[kelikel2]

Yeah! I was always baffled at Flojo...I first remember her from 1987...at the US trials, Euopean circuit with her outfits and at the Rome Wold Champs with her speed skating outfit. She was good but not out of this world..and I think her general size was smaller(less bulky) e.g. thighs were slimmer..then boom '88 she not just improved her times but was destroying really good athletes who had beat her previously making them look ordinary..Sorry but i just feel that some kinda 'dope' was a-foot!!

[StewNWT]

dude she died of a heart seizure, look it up yourself, she was 38 and had a heart the size of a farm animal. HGH

[JonesinInmyBones]

@JBLACK12 i do track and i've seen people in highschool imprive their times dramatically. I run the 100 and i went from 11.6 to 11 flat in one season. And i am pretty sure i am not doping lol.

[PrincessUnicorn69]

@JonesinInmyBones Yes but the faster you go the harder it is to take off time. It doesn't work all neatly like that, because if it did, the 100m record would be 5 seconds by now.

[danyelzon88]

I can't breathe when I remember, i can't wait for cry, i can't image the future, but i can live the past on my mind

[100meters5k]

flo jo was deffinatly on drugs.

[pigslefats]

Well we know who the ultimate loser was here apart from Flo Jo-all those US female sprinters who work their butts off but will never get close to a world record-which means they all lose out on the big bucks through endorsement deals etc-Flo Jo certainly f***** it up for them!!

This record, surprise surprise will last 50 years, if not longer-hell it's already lasted 21 years.

[iTormenTi]

flo jo is the most obvious undectected cheater in the sprinter world.

[jerham612]

When she fell to the ground after crossing the line she should hav efallen dead. CHEATER

[CyrusGuitar]

the drugs weren't even detectable at the time and many still aren't you fucking retards. You have to be a moron not to realise she is on drugs. If she was from some random 3rd world country you wouldn't think twice but the USA is the new east germany: drug factory.

[brooklynboi89]

she was not on drugs. she has taken multiplt drug tests proving that she had not used steroids. she was not on drugs, she was determined. she worked 2 jobs and practiced many times 1 and 2 o'clock in the moring. this is what determination reward you with!!!

[Warmachine300]

People can shout drugs all the want but at the end of the day, she passed the same tests Ben Johnson failed and that says a lot!

[Warmachine300]

That statement means nothing. Ottey hit 10. 74 when she was 36 years of age. So it's not uncommon for women to hit fast times and reach their peak around 30+ Flo Jo retired at an age which is common to most female athletes so nothing suspicious there.

[catha86]

yes she ran fast but stop being an ignorant fuck. as someone already said.. she came from nowhere just boom WR and no one will ever beat that record and even in these days no women can ran that fast. she just retire after all the drugs scandal. All athletic record have been beaten or are very close to be beaten.. those records she made is amazing even in these days... she was on drugs!

[Warmachine300]

Don't swear at people to make your point. At the end of the day you have no proof. That's all i got to say, you can speculate all you want but that record ain't ever gonna be discounted so deal with it. Athletes of today have come close so to say her record will never be broken is a bit of an overexaggeration. If Marion Jones can run a 10.60 while Flo Jo ran a 10.54, then there's hope. I'm sure there will be many more athletes of Marion's callibe or even better.

[catha86]

Marion Jones? Are you kidding me?? She was on drugs too ... thats only show what drugs can do. Im pretty sure no women will ever be close to that record.

[Warmachine300]

Marion Jones was not on drugs. Just because the circle she was affiliated with were on the stuff that doesn't mean she was.

[catha86]

she was cought with drugs on her body thats why she was suspended from competition. and flo quited when all who was on drugs got cought.. you see.. im pretty sure some will pass the test even if they have drugs, b'cus all test cant detect all drugs. you have to open your mind. even if you like flo jo she might have used drugs.. and she became too good, too fast. even today no women is close to beat that record. all athles became better and better gradually not like flo... BOOM!

[Mitjitsu]

Idiot, don't you ever pay attention to the news. She gave a full confession.

[CHUNKEY70]

Well duh, obviously that statement was written over a year ago b4 it came out officially. Don't be calling people idiots.

[iTormenTi]

marion jones was on drugs and she admitted it. so another one bits the dust.

[urrundudu]

Some people either believe in fairy tales or are cheaters too. She came out of almost nothing in 1988(when she was already 29 year-old) smashing records in Indianapolis, dominating in Corea and then after the drug rage involving Ben Johnson in the same Olympics she surprisingly (and suspiciously)retired... you would expect her to bank even more on those triumphs. Rightly associated with Koch,Kratoshvilova, B.Johnson and the likes.

[lhwood777]

flow jo died of a allergic reaticion in the brain caused by her lactose intollorence.. she was even tryin to reurn to track at 37..she only squated 300 lbs ..thats not a steroids user look at her form.. best ive ever seend on men or women ..

[THIOPISIS]

yeah berry87 you think those time that you have put up are reachable well i don think in your life time they will be, i mean has any body in the last 15 yrs even come close to 10.61 not to mention the mercurial time if 10.49.

[mc1703]

Marion Jones ran 10.65 in Johannesburg in 1998 and ran in the 10.70s 14 times between 1997 and 2000. Although I don't trust her either.

10.49 was wind aided and doped. Fact.

[berry87]

Well clearly that 10.49 was wind aided.However at 28 (she didnt turn 29 until months after Seoul) people can reach their peak. 10.61 is still a fast time but can be reached more so than 10.49. I saw evelyn (who i also admire)run a 21.83 way back in 79 at the world cup, and a 10.76 in 83, therfore if the WR was 10.61 It would not be such a debate. :)

[zim83]

Yeah, right.

[berry87]

I do belive the 10.49 was very wind adied! As for her 21.34, and OW of 10.62 they are reachable.

[mc1703]

21.34 not without drugs I'm afraid. Not for a long long long time.

[zim83]

Ok, fine, she did not do drugs, berry, she was clean. Let her records remain for over 100 years, very much like those of Koch's or Kratochvilová's.

[berry87]

Man her voice was alwyas the same from interviews i've seen of her in college until seoul!!!

[berry87]

i mean even in seoul!

[zim83]

The claims against Flo are not driven by anti-American feelings at all: the difference is that, while the Eastern Bloc athletes were part of massive state doping programs and 99& of the athletes involved in the widespread cheating in GDR or the USSR have admitted to it, denial goes on in the Flo-Jo camp and her fans still refuse to accept that she was on drugs despite her times and the other insormountable evidence (body, voice, progression, suspicious retirement, you name it) on the contrary.

[nverumind]

I'm no Olympic runner, but I guess I am on drugs too?, since I ran 2 miles in 12:54 at the weight of 220lb, ran 2 miles again in 13:20 at the weight of 225lb over the age of 30...so I guess I am on drugs too? Maybe it is just dedication and hard work....hmmmmmmm! and a little bit of genes?

[Telltaleheart79]

But you are ignoring the fact that her form improved so dramatically.

[JPRichardson]

Sadly it is true that Flojo was on performance drugs. There is so much evidence that stating the contrary is almost stupid. Actually, she started wearing the large nails, the fancy sport clothing and tons of makeup because, in her own words, she "didn't want to look like a boy". Yes, she was into anabolic steroids, which at the end costed her the life.

[iguillo]

mojmaster, finally someone is making sense on hear. I'm sure many of these people on here believed Marion Jones and Justin Gatlin were clean too. ;-)

[pg86]

LOOK PEOPLE IN 84 and 88 AND EVEN BEFORE IF U PAY ATTENTION TO RUSSIAN AND EURO ATHLETES THEY WERE DOPING TOO WHAT I GET UPSET ABOUT IS ONLY WE AMERICANS ARE GETTING BLAMED FOR THAT SHIT!!!!

[mojmaster]

Look at pictures of her in '84 and 88'.. Her face, legs, and the fact that she sounded like Barry White when she talked to journalists in Seoul.

[M82FI]

"Flo was one of the greatest female athletes in running, and by far the best looking, she was a pure talent, and no she was not doping, she never was banned from the Olympics...don't hate!!!"

What are you on, or are you that naive at 34? Of course she was 'doped', everyone at that time was. But yes, she was a great, beautiful athlete never the less.

[iguillo]

Also, if you really beleive in drug testing, all you have to do is look at the recent cases of Kelly White and Tim Montgomery. Neither of them tested positive, but both were found to have taken performance enhancers. So, I guess you can imagine what the drug testing was like 18 years ago, right? Ben Johnson and his team were just idiots.

[iguillo]

If you beleive all that, you're just sticking your head in the sand. Flojo had retired in '84 after the Olympics. Came back after two years of INACTIVITY in '87 and ran 10.9. Then the very next year ran 10.49 and 21.34. Again, if you think that this is a legitimate progression then, you probably never ran or coached track in your life. But, actually, I think they should legalize performance enhancers. Then we'd REALLY see some awesome times.

[pg86]

Ive been running since I was 10, and I still don't think That woman Doped, Now The russians lets face it that chick had more muscles than me and probably u AND I TRAIN AT TRACK ALL YEAR!

[berry87]

Y people always associate great performaces with doping? I believed she worked hard and it finally paid off. Even though people said "she was running for a while, and all of a sudden she broke records". She was running years before but she wasnt focus on track as much. She had two jobs and while running track(thefore she didnt have time to train fully)she also had 8 other sibilings which she help support.Flojo is great stop hatin

[coolinathand]

Look she was not one who doped she was a great athlete...if so why didn't they prove it in her autopsy?!

[Gynecologist]

Ben Johnson took the fall, but tons of track and field olympians were doping. He was just the example.

[coolinathand]

Flo was one of the greatest female athletes in running, and by far the best looking, she was a pure talent, and no she was not doping, she never was banned from the Olympics...don't hate!!!

[mattie22]

ottey was far better looking than flo jo

[runner4peace]

florence is 1 of the best

[iguillo]

It's so obvious that she's doping that it's not even funny

[pg86]

yet another person that hates the fact that his country cant beat the jamicans or the Us in track..I pitty you Flo jo was a clean athlete dude.

[iguillo]

First of all, I'm American. Second of all, I ran and coached track and field. Anyone who ran or runs track knows what a legitimate performance looks like. Again, like I said, it's so obvious that it's not even funny. But, beleive what you choose to beleive. In the end it really doesn't matter anyway.

[pg86]

That I do have to agree with in the end shes dead it doesent matter

[CbobbyB]

classic



[bolazabal87]

La "tía" mas rápida, sin ninguna duda... pero solo destacó durante dos años, y murió a los 38... ¿¿dopaje??

[WizKid5]

Oh wow!!! Flo Jo is one of the greats. thanks for posting this! She can flyyyy